English
tween
Noun

tween (plural tweens)

  1. (animation) An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening.
    • 2004, Andy Anderson, Mark Del Lima, Steve Johnson, Show Me Macromedia Flash MX 2004, page 237 ↗:
      Because the results of a shape tween can be unpredictable, you can set shape hints to let Flash know how to proceed with the tween.
Verb

tween (tweens, present participle tweening; past and past participle tweened)

  1. (cinematography) To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement.
    • 2005, Ellen Finkelstein, Gurdy Leete, Macromedia Flash 8 For Dummies, page 191 ↗,
      Simple motion tweening moves your objects in a straight line from here to there. […] You can also combine frame-by-frame animation with tweened animation.
    • 2012, Christopher Griffith, Real-World Flash Game Development, 2nd Edition, page 113 ↗,
      The first parameter is the object that you want to tween, and the second parameter is the amount of time you want it to take in seconds.
Translations Noun

tween (plural tweens)

  1. A person in their twenties, between 20 and 29 years old. Possibly including 30-32.
    • 1954 "The Fellowship of the Ring", J.R.R. Tolkien
      At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three.
Synonyms Noun

tween (plural tweens)

  1. A child, usually a girl, in the age range between young childhood and adolescence, normally between 10 and 12 years of age.
    • 2002 March 2, Billboard, Volume 114, Number 9, page 70,
      When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.
    • 2004, Lisa Johnson, Andrea Learned, Don't Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy--And How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market, page 5 ↗,
      This grade school thinking forgets that tweens are one of the most sophisticated groups of consumers in the marketplace, and that kids this age have zero tolerance for being treated like children.
    • 2011, Hollie Smith, You and Your Tween: Managing the years from 9 to 13, Netmums, unnumbered page ↗,
      However, if we worry too much about feeding our tweens, and if we show them we're worried, we could be passing on some unhealthy messages.
Synonyms Adjective

tween

  1. Of or having to do with tweenagers.


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